Showing posts with label Thoughts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thoughts. Show all posts

Friday, November 8, 2013

There are no shortcuts to any place worth ... by Beverly Sills

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

- Beverly Sills



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Shortcuts, Worth, Place

The vision must be followed by the ... by Vance Havner

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

- Vance Havner



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Step, Vision, Enough

The question isn't who is going to let me; ... by Ayn Rand

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

- Ayn Rand



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Stop, Question

A deadline is negative inspiration. ... by Rita Mae Brown

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

- Rita Mae Brown



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Deadline, Negative

Some of the world's greatest feats were ... by Doug Larson

Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.

- Doug Larson



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Enough, Greatest, Smart

It is a most mortifying reflection for a ... by Samuel Johnson

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

- Samuel Johnson



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Might, Reflection, Done

Green fingers are the extension of a ... by Russell Page

Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.

- Russell Page



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Fingers, Green, Heart

Thursday, November 7, 2013

To be overcome by the fragrance of ... by Beverley Nichols

To be overcome by the fragrance of flowers is a delectable form of defeat.

- Beverley Nichols



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Overcome, Flowers, Defeat

The temple bell stops but I still hear the ... by Matsuo Basho

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

- Matsuo Basho



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Coming, Flowers, Hear

When two people marry they become in ... by Shana Alexander

When two people marry they become in the eyes of the law one person, and that one person is the husband.

- Shana Alexander



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Law, Person, Husband

Scratch most feminists and underneath ... by Betty Rollin

Scratch most feminists and underneath there is a woman who longs to be a sex object. The difference is that is not all she wants to be.

- Betty Rollin



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She, Woman, Sex

How important it is for us to recognize ... by Maya Angelou

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

- Maya Angelou



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Celebrate, Heroes, Important

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've ... by Paula Cole

I've left Bethlehem, and I feel free. I've left the girl I was supposed to be, and some day I'll be born.

- Paula Cole



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Born, Free, Girl

A woman reading Playboy feels a little ... by Gloria Steinem

A woman reading Playboy feels a little like a Jew reading a Nazi manual.

- Gloria Steinem



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Feels, Reading, Woman

A man has every season while a woman only ... by Jane Fonda

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

- Jane Fonda



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While, Spring, Woman

I see my body as an instrument, ... by Alanis Morissette

I see my body as an instrument, rather than an ornament.

- Alanis Morissette



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Instrument, Body, Rather

No one will ever win the battle of ... by Henry A. Kissinger

No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

- Henry A. Kissinger



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Win, Battle, Enemy

I myself have never been able to find out ... by Rebecca West

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

- Rebecca West



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Call, Able, Find

Become so wrapped up in something ... by Lady Bird Johnson

Become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.

- Lady Bird Johnson



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Afraid, Become, Forget